Soundgarden to Release 'Echos of Miles' Vinyl Box Set in May: Kim Thayil Chose Rarities and Covers for Compilation

Soundgarden released a career-spanning box set last year in the form of Echo of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across the Path. Now the band is planning a deluxe, vinyl edition of the release, which will be available May 19. Guitarist Kim Thayil put together the box set that includes originals, covers and rare demos.

Thayil told Rolling Stone that the group was adamant about getting its debut, Superunknown, put out on vinyl back in 1994.

"By the time Superunknown came out, the record company was hesitant to put out vinyl, and we were like, 'No, no. We're vinyl guys. This is the way we came up. We've got to release Superunknown on vinyl. So, of course, it's a double-album and so is Down on the Upside and King Animal," he said.

Like the CD version, Echo of Miles contains cuts that are hard to find. Soundgarden recorded covers of songs by The Beatles, Sly and the Family Stone and Black Sabbath over the years. The material will be separated into three categories - originals, covers and "oddities." The latter double album includes instrumentals, demos and remixes (Moby, Dub and Steve Fisk all reworked Soundgarden tunes).

Check out the tracklist below.

Echo of Miles Vinyl Tracklist

Originals – LP One
Side A
Sub Pop Rock City
Toy Box
Heretic
Fresh Deadly Roses

Side B
HIV Baby
Cold Bitch
Show Me
She's a Politician
Birth Ritual

Originals – LP Two
Side C
She Likes Surprises
Kyle Petty, Son of Richard
Exit Stonehenge
Blind Dogs
Bleed Together

Side D
Black Rain
Live To Rise
Kristi
Storm

Covers – LP Three
Side E
Swallow My Pride – Green River
Smokestack Lightnin' – Howlin' Wolf
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (John Peel BBC Sessions) – The Beatles
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (John Peel BBC Sessions) – Sly and the Family Stone

Side F
Come Together – The Beatles
Stray Cat Blues – The Rolling Stones
Into The Void (Sealth) – Black Sabbath

Covers – LP Four
Side G
Girl U Want – Devo
Touch Me – Fancy
Can You See Me? (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions) – Jimi Hendrix
Homicidal Suicidal (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions) – Budgie
I Can't Give You Anything(Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions) – The Ramones
I Don't Care About You (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions) – Fear

Side H
Waiting For The Sun (Live) – The Doors
Search And Destroy (Live) – The Stooges
Big Bottom (Live) – Spinal Tap
Earache My Eye (Live) – Cheech & Chong

Oddities – LP Five
Side I
Twin Towe"
Jerry Garcia's Finger
Ghostmotorfinger
Night Surf
A Splice of Space Jam

Side J
The Telephantasm
Black Days III
Karaoke

Oddities – LP Six
Side K
Fopp (Fucked Up Heavy Dub Mix)
Big Dumb Sex (Dub Version)
Spoonman (Steve Fisk Remix)

Side L
Rhinosaur (The Straw That Broke The Rhino's Back Remix)
Dusty (Moby Remix)
The Telephantasm (Resurrection Remix)
One Minute of Silence

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